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The American Humanist Association (AHA) is an educational organization in the United States that advances Secular Humanism, a philosophy of life that, without theism or other supernatural beliefs, affirms the ability and responsibility of human beings to lead personal lives of ethical fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/Who_We_Are/About_Humanism )〕 The American Humanist Association was founded in 1941 and currently provides legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of secular and religious minorities,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://humanistlegalcenter.org/about/mission/ )〕 actively lobbies Congress on church-state separation and other issues,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/Support_Humanism/Action_Center/Current_Action )〕 and maintains a grassroots network of 150 local affiliates and chapters that engage in social activism, philosophical discussion and community-building events.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/What_We_Do/Local_Groups )〕 The AHA has several publications, including the bi-monthly magazine ''The Humanist'', a quarterly newsletter ''Free Mind'', a peer-reviewed semi-annual scholastic journal ''Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism'', and a weekly Internet magazine ''Humanist Network News''.〔List of Publications (americanhumanist.org ) (Retrieved 2011-10-01)〕 ==Background== In 1927 an organization called the "Humanist Fellowship" began at a gathering in Chicago. In 1928 the Fellowship started publishing the ''New Humanist'' magazine. H.G. Creel was the first editor. The ''New Humanist'' was published from 1928 to 1936. By 1935 the Humanist Fellowship had become the "Humanist Press Association", the first national association of humanism in the United States.〔(Harris, Mark W., ''The A to Z of Unitarian Universalism'', Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 9780810863330 )〕 The first ''Humanist Manifesto'' was issued by a conference held at the University of Chicago in 1933. Signatories included the philosopher John Dewey, but the majority were ministers (chiefly Unitarian) and theologians. They identified humanism as an ideology that espouses reason, ethics, and social and economic justice.〔Walter, Nicolas. ''Humanism: What's in the Word?'' (London: RPA/BHA/Secular Society Ltd, 1937), p.43.〕 In July 1939 a group of Quakers, inspired by the 1933 Humanist Manifesto, incorporated under the state laws of California the Humanist Society of Friends as a religious, educational, charitable nonprofit organization authorized to issue charters anywhere in the world and to train and ordain its own ministry. Upon ordination these ministers were then accorded the same rights and privileges granted by law to priests, ministers, and rabbis of traditional theistic religions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://humanist-society.org/about )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Humanist Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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